6/22/2022, 12:00:00 AM ~ 6/23/2022, 12:00:00 AM (UTC)
Recent Announcements
Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle now supports Oracle database 12.2 and 18c
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom for Oracle now supports Oracle Database versions 12.2 and 18c. Amazon RDS Custom is a managed database service for applications that require customization of the underlying operating system and database environment. With support now added for 12.2 and 18c, you can now run your legacy, packaged and customized applications that are dependent on these database versions on Amazon RDS Custom for Oracle.
AWS Direct Connect adds support for all AWS Local Zones in the United States
Today, AWS announced AWS Direct Connect support for all AWS Local Zones in the United States. Your network traffic now takes the shortest path between Direct Connect point of presence (PoP) locations and AWS resources running in Local Zones. This feature reduces the distance network traffic must travel, decreasing latency and helping make applications more responsive.
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for PostgreSQL and for MySQL now supports Multi-AZ deployment option with one primary and two readable standby database (DB) instances in Europe (Frankfurt) and Europe (Stockholm) Regions. This deployment option gives you up to 2x lower transaction commit latency, automated fail overs typically under 35 seconds, and readable standby instances.
AWS Site-to-Site VPN introduces Private IP VPNs for enhanced security and privacy
Starting today, AWS Site-to-Site VPN supports the ability to deploy IPSec VPN connections over Direct Connect using private IP addresses. With this change, customers can encrypt DX traffic between their on-premises network and AWS without the need for public IP addresses, thus enabling enhanced security and network privacy at the same time.
Announcing new Console Query Editor for Amazon QLDB
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB) launches a new Console Query Editor providing an improved interface for authoring queries, debugging transactions, and exploring results. The new editor supports tabs for simple management of multiple queries, PartiQL syntax highlighting, query performance statistics, multi-statement transactions, and a timer to track the transaction duration limit. You can search and filter your results across the table view, Ion document view, or CSV view for easy exploration of your results in the format you prefer. Query results can also be downloaded in Ion and CSV formats.
Amazon Aurora now supports PostgreSQL 14
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL-Compatible Edition now supports PostgreSQL major version 14 (14.3). PostgreSQL 14 includes performance improvements for parallel queries, heavily-concurrent workloads, partitioned tables, logical replication, and vacuuming. PostgreSQL 14 also improves functionality with new capabilities. For example, you can cancel long-running queries if a client disconnects and you can close idle sessions if they time out. Range types now support multiranges, allowing representation of non-contiguous data ranges, and stored procedures can now return data via OUT parameters. This release includes new features for Babelfish for Aurora PostgreSQL version 2.1. Please refer to Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL updates for more information.
Amazon RDS Custom is now available in 2 additional AWS Regions
Amazon Relation Database Service (Amazon RDS) Custom is now available in Asia Pacific (Mumbai) and Europe (London) AWS Regions.
AWS Lake Formation is now available in AWS GovCloud (US-East) Region
AWS Lake Formation is a service that allows you to set up a secure data lake in days. A data lake is a centralized curated, and secured repository that stores all your data, both in its original form and prepared for analysis. A data lake enables you to break down data silos and combine different types of analytics to gain insights and guide better business decisions.
The Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Multi-AZ deployment option with one primary and two readable standby database (DB) instances across three Availability Zones (AZs) now supports M5d and R5d instances. This deployment option gives you up to 2x lower transaction commit latency, automated fail overs typically under 35 seconds, and readable standby instances.
Amazon MSK adds support for Apache Kafka version 3.1.1 and 3.2.0
Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK) now supports Apache Kafka version 3.1.1 and 3.2.0 for new and existing clusters. Apache Kafka 3.1.1 and Apache Kafka 3.2.0 includes several bug fixes and new features that improve performance. Some of the key features include enhancements to metrics and the use of topic IDs. MSK will continue to use and manage Zookeeper for quorum management in this release for stability. For a complete list of improvements and bug fixes, see the Apache Kafka release notes for 3.1.1 and 3.2.0.
AWS CodeBuild is now available in AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region
AWS CodeBuild is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. AWS CodeBuild is a fully managed continuous integration service that compiles source code, runs tests, and produces software packages that are ready to deploy. With CodeBuild, you don’t need to provision, manage, and scale your own build servers. CodeBuild scales continuously and processes multiple builds concurrently, so your builds are not left waiting in a queue. You can get started quickly by using prepackaged build environments, or you can create custom build environments that use your own build tools. Using CodeBuild, you are charged by the minute for the compute resources you use.
Announcing AWS Cost Allocation Tag API
AWS Cost Allocation Tags now offers APIs that you can use to activate and deactivate your Cost Allocation Tags. After you activate a Cost Allocation Tag, it will appear in your cost management products, such as AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Cost and Usage Report. You can use Cost Allocation Tags to filter, categorize, and track your AWS cost and usage information. Previously, you had to activate and deactivate Cost Allocation Tag on the Cost Allocation Tag page in the AWS Billing Console. With this launch, you can use the ListCostAllocationTags API to list all Tags and use the UpdateCostAllocationTagsStatus API to activate and deactivate Cost Allocation Tags.
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